But if the current offer is 901 and you move yours to 900.75, the end of the line will be the beginning of the line.
I believe that is the reason why the only thing that works consistently is some sort of scalping. Since nobody can backtest anything, the only way to find out if you are profitable is to actually do it. There isn't really much to it. But as soon as you move to a longer time frame, you can be almost certain that the strategy you are trying to backtest has been backtested hundreds of times before and exploited if found profitable.
This is the very reason to be nimble and have the front end to be able to manage such trade with futures. The more time that goes by without my target being reached the more nervous I get and scalp for what ever the market gives me without getting a loss or stopped out.
This the very reason why a front end like Jtrader and the like is far superior to IB's front end (from a scalpers perspective) and IB would be great if they had such a front end. Even a freelance version would help alot.
Check out Jasper http://jasper.subzonex.com/screenshots.php and see the thermal bar. Jtrader calls this their dome view and it allows one click (totally visual) entry and exit. TT and others have a similar interface for this very reason. The biggest problem with freelance tools and IB is the API updates so support has to be constant. Care to show a screen shot Nitro?